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The high-energy foursome mixes classical training with traditional Irish, Scottish, folk, roots, and bluegrass

For guitar maestro, roots music master, and producer Steve Dawson the pandemic meant ‘time to get busy.’ Eyes Closed, Dreaming is his third of the ‘pandemic trilogy,’ all released in the space of twelve months, and all three covered on these pages.

The Grammy Awards launched the Best Bluegrass Album category in 1989. Bill Monroe won for Southern Flavor. A young banjo player named Bela Fleck was nominated for his album Drive. More than three decades later, Mr. Fleck won in 2022 for his epic My Bluegrass Heart instrumental masterwork. Just before we put together this show, the nominees were announced for the February 5, 2023 awards and the nominees included artists we love and albums we’ve been playing: the Infamous Stringdusters, Molly Tuttle, Peter Rowan, Del McCoury and Yonder Mountain String Band. We’ve sprinkled music from those n...

Stratford Summer Music is hosting its Fiddles and Food Trucks fundraiser Sept. 15 featuring a performance by Juno-Award-winning strings quartet, The Fretless.

Thursday, Aug. 11 Owing largely to the strength of their live show — a sweat-drenched spectacle that taps into everything from Southern rock and stoner...